Jared Leto in “TRON: Ares.”
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TRON: Ares, starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Jeff Bridges, Gillian Anderson and Evan Peters, is coming soon to digital streaming. Find out when and where you can see the movie at home.
Directed by Joachim Rønning, TRON: Ares opened in theaters on Oct. 10. TRON: Ares is the third film in the TRON franchise, following 1982’s TRON and 2010’s TRON: Legacy. The logline for the movie reads, “TRON: Ares follows a highly sophisticated program, Ares (Leto), who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.”
In TRON: Ares, Lee and Peters play Eve Kim and Julian Dillinger, two artificial intelligence corporation heads who have different ideas for the use of AI. Eve is hoping to use AI to create global resources, while Julian is using it to produce military grade soldiers and weapons. However, until one of them can crack the “permanence code,” their 3D-printed digital constructs only last 29 minutes in the real world.
One of Julian’s soldiers is Ares (Leto), whose motives change once he is made permanent. Anderson plays Julian’s mother and corporation executive Elisabeth Dillinger, while Bridges reprises his classic role of Kevin Flynn.
Walt Disney Home Entertainment announced in a press release on Tuesday that TRON: Ares will be released on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
TRON: Ares will be available for purchase on such digital platforms as Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube for $29.99. Since digital rentals typically run $5 less than purchase prices, viewers can expect to rent TRON: ARES for 48 hours for $24.99.
How Did Audiences And Critics Receive ‘TRON: Ares’?
Rated PG-13, TRON: Ares earned $73 million domestically and nearly $69 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $142 million. TRON: Ares had a production budget of $220 million before prints and advertising costs, according to Deadline. The box office tracker The Numbers, however, reported that the film’s production budget was $180 million before P&A.
TRON: Ares earned a 53% “rotten” critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 258 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus for the film reads, “A sensory feast of vivid neon hues and a hypnotic soundtrack, Tron: Ares is gorgeous to behold but too narratively programmatic to achieve an authentically human dimension.”
Audiences, however, gave the film an 85% “fresh” score on RT’s Popcornmeter based on 5,000-plus verified user ratings.
The RT audience summary for the film reads, “Setting its colorful visual effects to Nine Inch Nails’ rollicking beats, Tron: Ares is like strapping into a stylish thrill ride beamed from the future.”
TRON: Ares will arrive on PVOD on Dec. 3.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/11/25/disneystron-ares-gets-streaming-release-date/